{
  "id": 17835520,
  "title": "Toto Wolff: Two sponsors left Mercedes after promoting Kimi Antonelli into F1",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/toto-wolff-two-sponsors-left-mercedes-after-promoting-kimi-antonelli",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T17:43:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/toto-wolff-two-sponsors-left-mercedes-after-promoting-kimi-antonelli-into-f1/10871088/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At the Mexico Grand Prix, Mercedes reaped the reward for the courage it showed in putting the then 18-year-old Kimi Antonelli in the cockpit from 2025 with his world championship triumph in his just second Formula 1 season. It was courage that not everyone in the Mercedes sphere shared from the outset, as team principal Toto Wolff now reveals. \"We had two sponsors who left us because of it ...…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Emotional Kimi Antonelli left \"speechless\" by maiden F1 world title in Mexico",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/emotional-kimi-antonelli-left-speechless-by-maiden-f1-world-title-in",
        "published": "2026-11-01T22:57:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}